by Collectif | 23 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Last February, Belgium became the first country in the world to authorise euthanasia for minors without an age limit. Only the Netherlands had a comparable law with a slight difference: it applied solely to minors aged 12 years and over. However, this condition...
by Collectif | 23 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Last April, the Italian Constitutional Court deemed that the ban on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) involving a third donor was contrary to the Constitution (Gènéthique press review on April 7th, 2014). Therefore, in June, the more general ban on...
by Collectif | 22 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In 2010, Professor Turnbull at the University of Newcastle published an update on the IVF technique known as the “Three Parent IVF approach” in the Nature journal. In a document published on 22 July 2014, the British Government...
by Collectif | 22 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Kremlin has just announced on its Internet site that Vladimir Poutine has signed a draft bill imposing sanctions in the event of illegal abortion. The draft bill imposes fines ranging from 4,000 to 5,000 roubles ($ 143) for private individuals, 10,000...
by Collectif | 22 Jul, 2014 | Bioethics press synthesis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
On Monday, we mentioned that gender selection was a current and disconcerting practice in Asia, starting with India which discriminates against and aborts female foetuses. It now appears that the United States is one of the countries practising this selection not in...